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Patent GB-190413770-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Screen Adapted to Serve also as a Tea Table, Cake Stand or the like.
Inventor: BUDD HARRY BENTINCK
Filed: 1904-06-17
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 13,770. Budd, H. B. June 17. Screens.-A fire-screen is constructed in such a manner as to be adjustable for use as a tea-table or cake stand &c. A rectangular frame a of metal provided with feet, carries a number of panels c, e, supported pivotally. The panels rotate upon their points of support, and are secured by pins g passing through projections f and holes in the supports for the panels. When the panels are vertical, the arrangement serves as a fire-screen, and, when horizontal, as a tea-table &c. Other modes of fastening the panels may be adopted.
Patent GB-190415031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres or Rims for the Wheels of Vehicles.
Inventor: BASCH ROSE
Filed: 1904-07-05
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 1 5 , 0 3 1. Basch, R., and Basch, S. July 5. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other t h a n pneumatic.- The wheel has an inner rim b and an outer rim of considerably greater diameter. The rims have between them a series of springs k made, like carriage springs, of strips of steel, or made of wire. The springs are fastened at their centres to transverse plates on the inner rim by holders l and bolts m. The ends of the springs are linked, as shown, to double brackets h. The outer rim consists of two flexible steel bands c', c<2> having between them a rubber or like ring d. A solid beaded tyre e is put on the outside of the outer rim.
Patent GB-190415157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dress Holders.
Inventor: BESS OTTO
Filed: 1904-07-06
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 15,157. Bess, 0. July 6. Suspenders for articles of dress.- A bent arm 2 is connected by a chain 1 to a hook 6, by which it may be attached to any convenient place on the person. A bar 4 is pivoted to one end of the arm 2 and has a pin 5 which falls into a recess in the other end. The dress is pushed into the arm and caught by the pin, which is then caused to fall into its recess by the weight of the dress.
Patent GB-190418526-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pneumatic Hub for the Wheels of Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HOFER MICHAEL
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 18,526. Hofer, M. Aug. 26. Hubs.- In a pneumatic hub for cycle and other vehicle wheels, the divided envelope d of an annular air cushion c placed between two rings a, b has conical or wedge-spaped projections e which engage recesses g in the outer ring, so that, on the mutual rotation of the envelope and the outer ring, the projections and the inclined surfaces of the recesses are pressed together, and opening of the envelope is thus prevented, a connection between the envelope and ring being simultaneously established. Other projections h, which engage recesses in the inner ring a, similarly connect the envelope to this ring.
Patent GB-190420505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle and Analogous Lamps
Inventor: PARKER JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 20,505. Parker, J., and Smith, J. H. Sept. 23. Velocipede Lamps; reflectors.-The lamp body a is secured to the reservoir b by a spring tongue f, which slides down into a flat socket j and is held in position by the spring k, and a spring bead n or the like locks the body to the reservoir. The reflector o, which is removably slid into the lamp body a, is guided by side grooves, and has a beaded top edge o<4>, which fits the outer curve of the body a, and is provided with end knobs for ease in raising it.
Patent GB-190421781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Evener or Feed Regulating Mechanism for Cotton Openers and like Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 21,781. Thompson, W. P., [Hall, W. J.]. Oct. 10. Openers.-Relates to an evener or feed-regulating mechanism for cotton openers and like machines, the parts being made more readily accessible. The cones 5, 6. and the cone-belt shifter 8 are placed below the feed-roll 2 and feed-plates 3. The feed-roll 2 is driven from the shaft 51 of the upper cone 5 through gearing 4, and a scale-lever system 9, of any ordinary form, acting on a rack 11 through a weighted lever 10, adjustable rod 15 quadrant 14, and a spur-wheel 13 to which a spur pinion 12 is fixed, moves the belt along the cone pulleys.
Patent GB-190426275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs.
Inventor: FOOT JETHRO
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 26,275. Foot, J., and Foot, R. J. Dec. 2. Invalid carriages.- Improvements in chairs fitted with leg-rests are described in connection with wheeled hand-propelled chairs. The leg-rest o, Figs. 1 and 2, is pivoted at p to the turned-up end of a slide q carried in stirrups r beneath the seat, so that it can be extended as desired. The rest is held at any inclination by a pivoted strut s notched to engage a pin s<3> in a guide-stirrup s'. The strut is disengaged by a slotted block t<4> raised by a spring rod t<3> by means of a double crank t<2> and link t<1> from a lever t pivoted to the leg-rest near a fixed arm u, which affords purchase for the hand in adjusting the leg-rest. The invention is shown applied to a wheeled chair with an adjustable back. The back is carried by pins e in plates f secured to the frame a, which engage sockets q in brackets g<1> attached to the back frame, to which are also pivoted the arms h, the forward ends of which are supported by links i pivoted at j to brackets k. The seat is pivoted to the lower ends of the links i and the brackets g<1>. The back is held in any position by a pivoted stay v notched on its upper side to engage a projection y, against which it is pressed by a cam x. The leg-rest may be the width of the chair, or in two parts, separately adjustable, and may be fitted to a chair with a fixed back, or fixed to the frame with the seat movable, or vice versÔ.
Patent GB-190500191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Adjusting the Effective Lengths of Flexible Connections for Gas Pendants and Steam or other Fluid or Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: QUINCEY SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-01-04
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 191. Quincey, S., and Harrison, C. Jan. 4. Hose reels.-Relates to means for adjusting the lengths of flexible pipes for steam, air, gas, or other fluid. The pipe a is wound on the fixed drum c by means of the rotating outer casing m, actuated by a coiled spring p, the tension of which can be adjusted by a ratchet-wheel s to counterbalance the normal pull on the pipe a, so that by increasing or diminishing this pull the pipe is unwound from or wound on the drum c. Guide pieces or pulleys support the pipe when it is being wound on the drum. The pipe passes out of the casing m through a hole w in the bottom and is guided by pulleys through a central eye 5 attached to the rotating casing m by arms 4.
Patent GB-190500864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Band Saws.
Inventor: KIRCHNER ERNST
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 864. Kirchner, E. Jan. 16. Sawing.-To reduce the mass of the uprights and the weight of frame for supporting a band saw with a horizontally cutting blade, the frame is made in the form of an overhanging bracket a with double bearings for the pulleys and mounted in the face of cantilever-shaped uprights upon which it is adjusted in position by screws in the uprights.
Patent GB-190505240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Fresh Water on Board Ships or elsewhere.
Inventor: GONNERMANN HEINRICH RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 5240. Gonnermann, H. R. March 13. Feed-water, distilling.-Apparatus for distilling water by injected superheated steam, of the kind described in Specification No. 20,078, A.D. 1904, is combined with a second apparatus 2, wherein the water heated in the first apparatus is further heated by the vapour generated. The apparatus 2 comprises a surface apparatus 4, dome 11, steam baffle 9, water inlet r, vapour inlet d, and outlet 13, and condensed-steam outlet 10. A baffle 21 directs the course of the steam through the heating- chamber.
Patent GB-190507008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Electric Circuit Closers.
Inventor: OTTINGER LEON
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 7008. Ottinger, L. April 3. Switches for motor vehicles &c. contain a lock which enables the circuit-closer to be secured in the open position and retained in that position till released by the key fitting the lock. Upon an insulating-casing are mounted by short bolts 3, 4 resilient contacts 1, 2.. To the casing is secured the covering 5 of the circuit-closer, consisting of a horizontally-disposed barrel and vertical tubular extension 7, which serves as a pivot for the swinging switch arm 10 resting upon a washer 11. Within the horizontal barrel is a small lock, preferably a pin-lock with revolving barrel, the pin casing of which enters the slotted bottom of the barrel, and at its end is secured a plate 16 in which is formed a spiral cam-slot 17. The cut-out plug 18 is guided within the piece 7, its upper portion being cut away on one side so as to present a flat surface to the disk 16. Near the upper end of the plug is a small pin fitting in the slot 17 and so arranged that, when the slot is in one position, the plug makes contact between the two springs 1, 2, while if the slot be turned by the key through 180 degrees the plug is raised and held free from contact. The lock is such that the key can only be withdrawn when the plug is raised.
Patent GB-190510951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Train-operated Mechanism for Preventing Collisions on Railways.
Inventor: CLING WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-25
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 10,951. Cling, W. H. May 25. Locomotives.-Automatic mechanical apparatus for stopping engines and trains, when two are on the same sections of track, consists of a series of bars which are arranged at intervals at the side of the track and are raised by a tappet on one train moving a pivoted lever on the track. These bars, when raised, engage pivoted levers on the other engine which are connected by wires to the brakevalve lever. The plate 18 on the engine depresses the trigger 17 and unlocks the lever 12 from the plate 13 ; the tappet 19 on the engine then moves the lever 12 in an horizontal plane and pulls the wire 23 to lift the bars 24 to a vertical position. These bars are then in position to engage the plate 32, which is pivoted and connected to the brake valve. To prevent the train from being stopped after setting the track gear, the shoe 22 on the lever 21 is provided to engage the plate 32 and swing it laterally clear of the bars 24. The apparatus is re-set by the train passing a lever similar to the lever 12 on leaving the section. A duplicate apparatus is operated by a train entering the section in the other direction, and these bars 24 engage a second plate in connexion with the brake valve this plate is not laterally movable.
Patent GB-190511963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Front Opening Broughams, Landaulettes, 'Buses or other Carriages.
Inventor: WINDOVER WILLIAM CLEMENT
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 11,963. Windover, W. C. June 7. Hinges for use in connexion with the windows and hoods of broughams, landaulettes, omnibuses, &c. The front body pillars A are hinged at B, and the side glass frames C are connected to the front frame D by hinges E, Figs. 1 and 4, so arranged that the side frames may be lifted over the fence or weather rails F which are provided to keep out water. Hinges I for connecting the parts of cant rails G of the hood are shown in Fig. 5, and have dropped centres J and lugs K connected by a tension spring L, so arranged that it is under no tension when the cant rail is folded. These hinges further serve to hold the cant rails rigidly in the extended position when the front of the carriage is folded down.
Patent GB-190516592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines, Air Compressors and the like.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 16,592. Haddon, R., [Hyde, F. S.]. Aug. 15. Cylinders, heat ing; compound &c. engines ; pistons ; stuffing-boxes &c.- In steam and compressed-air engines and the like having - a series of tubes extending through the cylinder for circulating a temperature-influencing agent, the fluid enters the cylinder 1 through a pipe 20, passes the screen 12, and traverses tubes 6 having tapered ends fitting in tapered holes in the cylinder heads. The fluid then enters the chamber 11, passes to the jacket 17 by a passage 18, and leaves the cylinder, passing by a pipe 19, Fig. 3, to the heating or cooling source. A supercooling or superheating device 23 maybe put in the circulating-system, Fig. 4. In multipleexpansion working, each cylinder is treated separately. The tube and.piston packing is held in open spaces between the body of the piston and plates 15. Hot air or the exhaust from a gasengine or other products of combustion could be passedthrough the tubes, and the heating or cooling fluid need hot be returned to the source of supply.
Patent GB-190518417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caps or Closures for Bottles Jars and other Vessels.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-09-12
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 18,417. Lake, W. E., [Dodge, W. H.]. Sept. 12. Capsule closures and the like.-Relates to a cap or cover for bottles, jars, cans, &c., consisting of a top plate 1 having a downwardly-depending locking- flange 2, one part 5 of the flange being movable about the point 6. The whole cap is stamped from one blank, the shaded area in Fig. 1 being punched out. In applying the cap to a vessel, the rim 12 on the part 5 overlaps the top plate 1, and the movable part of the locking-flange is locked to the fixed part 4 by a tongue-and-slot fastening. Various ways of locking the ends of the flange together are described. Slots 9, 10, Fig. 9, may be cut part-way through the flange from the upper and lower edges of the parts 4, 5, respectively, the two ends being locked as shown in Fig. 6. Or, a tongue 7, Fig. 1, may be struck up from the part 4, and passed through a slot 8 in the part 5. Or, a tongue 7 may be struck up from the part 4, and a slot 10, Fig. 15, formed in the part 5, adapted to be slipped over the tongue. In a modification, the cap may be formed from two pieces of metal, the movable, or separate, part of the locking-flange being attached by two tongue-and-slot fastenings. Or, as shown in Fig. 18, the movable part of the flange may be divided near its centre, the shaded part being punched out, and the two ends 4, 5 joined by tongue-and-slot fastening. When used with bottles having shoulders, the lower edges of the depending flange are spun under the shoulders. A disk of cork, paper, rubber, &c. is compressed between the cap and the mouth of the vessel.
Patent GB-190519994-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Rendering Aluminium Post Cards Capable of being Written on.
Inventor: GSCHWIND JEAN
Filed: 1905-10-03
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 19,994. Gschwind, J. Oct. 3. Post cards; slates &c.-Aluminium post cards are treated in such a way that they may be written upon with any ink or pencil. The card is roughened with a steel brush and passed through a bath containing acid ammonium and sodium sulphates made by mixing, for example, sulphuric acid, soda lye, salts of hartshorn, and water. The card is rubbed with dustless deal sawdust, and then placed in a second bath containing sodium and calcium chlorides. The bath may be made by mixing soda solution, hydrochloric acid, and lime-water. The card is again rubbed with sawdust, and inserted in a third bath containing ammonium and sodium carbonates, which may be made by mixing salt of hartshorn, soda crystals, and water. The bath is mixed with fine sand, and is afterwards rubbed off with chamois leather, moistened, preferably, with an alkaline extract of quillia bark.
Patent GB-190525278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: SLEE JOHN
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 25,278. Slee, J. Dec. 5. Spring wheels.-Two sets of semicircular springs d are secured to the rim f by bolts h, nuts g, and washers k, and by the engagement of lugs l in recesses m. The inner end of each spring is bent and formed with a lug d<1>, adapted to engage in a T-slot b<1> in the hub. The hub is closed by side plates n which may extend to the rim, in the form of a stamped-out disk, to maintain lateral stability ; or separate disks may be attached for this latter purpose.
Patent GB-190604062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Machines for use in the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres and the like
Inventor: HUBBARD JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4062. Hubbard, J. Feb. 19. Hose and other flexible pipes-In a machine for winding threads, such as is described in Specification No. 12,342, A.D. 1898, a timing-device to measure the amount of thread to be supplied is provided. To the spindle of the roller J of the machine is attached a spur-wheel D, rotating with the roller. Engaging with this spur-wheel is another E carrying a spindle F, attached to which is a cord G. This cord, led over pulleys, is at its other extremity wound round and attached to a bobbin I, which is mounted either on the bed of the machine or on a belt shifter C. As the machine works, the roller J revolves until the whole of the cord on the bobbin has been unwound, when the bobbin pulls over the belt shifter and stops the machine.
Patent GB-190604609-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mode of Building in Concrete and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 4609. Boult, A. J., [Goddard, H. A.]. Feb. 24. Moulding apparatus for structures in situ.-Hollow concrete walls are cast in apparatus consisting of outer and inner panels B, B' held by clips C, and a collapsible core made in two parts D, D<1>, the meeting edges of which are inclined to facilitate withdrawal. The part D<I> rests on a bar E pivoted to the part D, and is lifted by a key d inserted in a keyhole d<1>. Transverse stays d are formed between the cores, and holes for permanent wall plugs b<1> are formed by temporary plugs b<*>. Mouldings and sills a for joists and the like are cast with the wall by means of suitably-shaped moulds.
Patent GB-190612781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Non Skidding" and Wear Preventing Devices for the Wheels of Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: EATWELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 12,781. Eatwell, W. June 1. Locking nuts and washers; rivets.-Non-skid studs or plates A for pneumatic or solid tyres are formed with cup-shaped or like recessed portions which bed in recesses formed in the tyres, these being wholly or partly filled by the heads of the rivets I or bolts E which secure the studs to the tyres. The wearing surfaces of the studs or plates may have projections or the like to grip the road. When the attaching bolts or rivets pass through the covers of pneumatic tyres, rubber washers C, D are used to protect the tyres from wet. The studs or plates are of irregular shape to prevent them from turning, and the washers F, J or the ends of the bolts which bear on the inside of the tyres have spikes or projections for the same purpose, while, in the case of bolts E, the nuts may be formed with ratchet teeth which engage similar teeth formed on the plates or on washers X secured therein.
Patent GB-190615051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnaces for Steam Generators.
Inventor: PAXMAN JAMES NOAH
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 15,051. Paxman, J. N. July 2. Straw-burning furnaces; baffles.-The upper edge of the rocking baffle-plate Y, fitted in front of the fire-tubes in a steam - boiler fire-box adapted to burn straw or similar fuel, is corrugated as shown, and is formed with rib A. Holes B of any suitable shape are formed beneath the corrugations, and fingers C, attached to the roof of the fire-box, project into the depressions a. The fingers may be formed in one with the stay-nuts, or may be attached to the stays outside the usual nuts, or may be carried by a bar held in position by the ends of the stays. The fingers may be water-cooled and one or more rows may be provided.
Patent GB-190617445-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Making Matches or Tapers.
Inventor: STEEDMAN HENRY PERCY GORMANSTO
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 17,445. Steedman, H. P. G. Aug. 2. Tappers. - Apparatus for making tapers for the stems of wax matches from single strips of veneer as described in Specification No. 17,446, A.D. 1906, is arranged as shown. A sheet of veneer unwound from a supply drum b, is passed through a guide d between pressure rollers e, which may act as feed-rollers, to a gang saw f, which cuts the veneer into strips. The strips pass between brushes g through a guide i to wax receptacles j, each strip having one or more threads applied longitudinally from bobbins h. The wound strips finally are wound upon a receiving-drum c.
Patent GB-190618602-A (GB)
Title: Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: COXHEAD GEORGE
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-08-20
Abstract: 18,602. Coxhead, G. Aug. 20. Incandescent gas, lamps; lighting.-Immediately after the impregnation with illuminating-salts, a catalytic igniting-composition of platinum black is applied to a suitable part within the neck or gathered-in portion of the mantle, and a conducting-line of the platinum black is run down the side of the mantle. According to the Provisional Specification, the catalytic igniting - composition may be obtained by mixing platinum chloride with glycerine and caustic potash. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 609, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190620319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tyres applicable for use with Automobiles and other Road-vehicles.
Inventor: AKERMAN JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 20,319. Akerman, J. T., and Akerman, J. C. Sept. 12. Tyres, elastic o t h e r than pneumatic. - Resilient tyres are formed of blocks a of india - rubber or like e material arranged obliquely around the rim and attached to the rim by keeps c bolted to the rim. The keeps are applied between the blocks and rest on flanges formed on the blocks, each keep being provided with oppositely extending arms so as to embrace portions of adjacent blocks. When V-shaped blocks are used to form the tyre, correspondingly-shaped keeps are employed.
Patent GB-190621921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Spinning Tops.
Inventor: LEVY HYMAN
Filed: 1906-10-04
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 21,921. Levy, H., and Peak, A. Oct. 4. Tops.-A spinning-top consists of a central pin a and four heart-shaped tapering wing - pieces b, above which the pin extends to allow for spinning with the fingers. Facets c may be formed round the pin a, and upon these letters or numerals may be impressed &c. A game may then be played with the top ; or it may be used for instructing children. The top may be cast or formed from wire.
Patent GB-190628425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casings for Playing Balls and the like.
Inventor: TURNER JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 28,425. Turner, J., and Buxton, A. Dec. 13. Balls; boxing.-Relates to making the covers of footballs, punch-balls, &c. in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 25,658, A.D. 1905. The cover is built up of sections of fabric, preferably canvas coated with india-rubber, and cut on the bias, and the bladder is inserted and inflated before the seams, or the whole of the ball, are covered with strips or sheets of rubber or with rubber solution. The ball is then inserted in a mould provided with a hole for the inflating-tube to pass through ; when the ball is inflated, the mould is placed in a vulcanizing-pan, or the rubber of the cover is vulcanized by a steam jacket surrounding the mould. The mould is preferably formed of metal in two or more parts, and letters, patterns, &c. may be raised upon or incised in its surface. The surface of the mould is preferably equal in area to the required size of the inflated ball.